Immersed in mining history, the Gold Pan Saloon and Restaurant offers a glimpse of a "rough and ready" Breckenridge, when at any moment the swinging saloon doors might slap open and admit a thirsty prospector.

Built around 1879 as the Herman Strauss Saloon, the bar side of this complex has spent most of its days as a smoke-filled, whiskey-scented dining and amusement hall. The most well-known of these establishments was the Palace Restaurant which attracted customers with a large fish aquarium in the front window, stocked with "speckled beauties". Documented as the most continuous operating liquor license west of the Mississippi, the building has also served as a dry goods store and as a gas station.

Over the years, the Gold Pan Bar has been one of the first saloons visited by a local. Locally owned and operated, the Gold Pan provides visitors with a rustic atmosphere to relax and enjoy a drink and delicious food.